Compilation Basics for Macroeconomic Statistics

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• Session: OL 25.130
• Location: Course conducted online
• Dates: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
• Delivery method: Online Training
• Primary language: English
• Status: Deadline passed

Training Program

• Course conducted by the Statistics Department as an online training program.
• Reviews basic skills, concepts, and principles required to compile and disseminate macroeconomic and financial statistics.
• Topics covered include residence, institutional units, institutional sectors, accounting rules, financial instruments, stocks and flows, the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives, and basic macroeconomic linkages among these statistics.

Target Audience and Qualifications

• Target Audience:
  • Officials who compile macroeconomic and financial statistics in national statistical organizations, ministries of finance, economy, or planning, or in central banks.
• Qualifications:
  • Some knowledge of economics and statistics is helpful.
  • Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser and basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

• Differentiate institutional units and sectors.
• Apply the concept of residence.
• Record stocks and flows in an integrated manner.
• Apply appropriate accounting rules.
• Classify financial instruments.
• Summarize the requirements and recommendations of the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives.
• Evaluate macroeconomic inter-linkages.

References

• Online Training
• Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)
• Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)
• Fiscal Sustainability (FS)
• Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)